Hackers continue breaching, stealing credit card data from parking services
The hackers behind the Target and Home Depot data breaches have struck again, and this time the victims seem to be the customers of Book2Park.com, an online parking …
Raptr hacked, user info and passwords compromised
Gaming social networking site Raptr is the latest victim of hackers. Dennis Fong, the company’s founder and CEO, announced that they have had a break in and that user …
Researchers show how easy it is to de-anonymize shoppers
The fact that anonymising large sets of data is very, very hard should be widely known by now, as a number of researchers have already successfully de-anonymized a variety of …
Reddit released its first transparency report
Reddit, the popular social news site/message board styled “the front page of the internet”, has released its first transparency report. As it turns out, in 2014 …
How people perceive online privacy
A new study by the National Cyber Security Alliance shows that Americans care deeply about their privacy. While a great knowledge gap exists about how information is collected …
Critical BlackPhone bug allows attackers to spy on users
BlackPhone, a mobile phone aimed at users who want to keep their communications secure from mass surveillance attempts, is affected by a critical security vulnerability that …
How important is online privacy?
Consumer online privacy concerns remain extremely high with 92 percent of American internet users worrying to some extent about their privacy online – the same …
4 tips to make data protection everyone’s business
Most people wrongly assume that the burden of protecting workplace data across laptops, tablets and smartphones falls solely on your IT department. Without active observance …
IBM’s sophisticated cryptographic algorithm protects your identity
IBM researchers revealed plans for a cloud-based technology, called Identity Mixer, that uses a cryptographic algorithm to encrypt the certified identity attributes of a user, …
Employees would sell passwords for $150
SailPoint uncovered a widespread level of employee indifference towards protecting sensitive corporate data, including personal information of customers. In fact, an alarming …
Video: Bruce Schneier talks to Edward Snowden
As part of a Harvard computer science symposium, Bruce Schneier had a public conversation with Edward Snowden. The topics were largely technical, ranging from cryptography to …
VPN services blocked by China’s Great Firewall
A number of popular VPN services are the latest target of China’s Great Firewall, including Astrill, StrongVPN and Golden Frog’s VyprVPN. Virtual Private Networks …